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Surgery Links( Useful links for Surgeons)
Indian Journal of Surgery – Free website for Surgeons. update: The journal has been taken up by the Springer group and the recent issues are no longer available online till date. Maybe later – you can consult ASI.
Surgical Tutor– web resource for Surgical Examinations including MCQs.
Annals of Surgery– Journal published by LWW- registration required. Subscription is needed for complete text.
Archives of Surgery – Publication of American Medical Association
A Primer for Surgical Knot tying- in pdf format
http://www.surgicalcriticalcare.net/
Blood Donation and other resources:
Bharat Blood bank It has further links which you can use.
www.u-turn-the-wheel.org.au Australian programme aimed at educating youngsters and
preventing traffic injuries.
Useful Books (for PGs).
On the second day of my joining Surgery Residency I was asked to report for emergency on call in the afternoon as part of orientation. It so happened that on my way I bought and carried my first copy of Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery. As I entered the whole room burst out laughing! I was later to learn that in first year you eat and then sleep whenever you can; the books can be used as pillows (maybe you learn by conduction).
One book is used as a basic text and can be supplemented by the others-
1. Schwartz Principles of Surgery
2. Sabiston-
3. Greenfield- Not much used in India.
4. Bailey and Love A Short practice of Surgery is to be read all the time but is insufficient on most topics.
5. Pye’s Surgical Handicraft– Very useful initially
6. Das Clinical Methods or you may use Hamilton Bailey.
7. Hamilton Bailey’s Emergency Surgery.
8. One book which I found very useful is Mastery of Surgery.